Technology

The uncertainty of the modern political climate has created a number of business issues — and a few opportunities for the companies that can guide others through difficult times.

As machine learning generally benefits from lots of examples, by the time a model can be implemented to tackle the new threat, the threat has generally moved on, so frequent updates to models are necessary, writes Oliver Tearle, head of research at The ai Corporation

Mastercard has dropped out of a recent bidding war with Visa to acquire Earthport, announcing it will instead buy Transfast, a different cross-border payments firm.

The Bank of England is requiring Visa to appoint PwC as an independent third party to review the card brand’s progress in implementing recommendations that followed a 2018 outage in Europe.

The upstart lenders have been chipping away at credit cards’ consumer-lending dominance by offering fixed-rate loans with predictable repayment plans. Now the card giants are fighting back.

In the startup sector, female founders consistently receive far less venture capital than male founders, but a program by Quesnay is looking to change that.

BrightWise is a joint venture among the Iowa CU League, its holding company and LMG Security. The initiative aims to teach credit union professionals how to better protect their institutions.

Barclays plc has spent years experimenting with creative ways to promote mobile payments, and it's not showing signs of stopping.

Direct blockchain transfer of relief goods can help organizations navigate government bureaucracy quickly, avoid the potential mishandling of funds by intermediaries, and expedite aid to exactly where it is most needed, according to David Uhryniak, a blockchain services leader at Crowe LLP, and Brian T. Zygmunt, a partner at Crowe.

The mobile revolution is turning Western Union into a very different company, one that must adjust to new ways to pay while pouring substantial resources into fending off the threat of e-commerce.